Internal association as a form of integration of the prisons to the traffic external networks: the perception of the territorial agents of the public security in the state of Pará

Abstract

This article sought to understand the strategy of establishing and maintaining networks  or relationships between the syntagmatic agents internal to the jail as a  way of integrating the prisons to the external territorial networks of drug trafficking,  from the perception of territorial agents of public security in the State of Pará,  Brazil. Based on a hermeneutic and dialectical method, and under a qualitative and  quantitative approach, it used the technique of data collection by interviews directed  to territorial security agents in the State of Pará, followed by an analysis of the content  of the answers. The analysis of the data confirmed the existence of the related  strategy, as well as its possible local peculiarities (concerning the influence of  transfers and inadvertent joining of prisoners in prison). Likewise, were identified  practical aspects regarding the process of cooptation of inmates and centrality  of the leaderships, as well as elements related to the internal economy of the factions  of the drug trafficking activity.